Embaba Airport (ICAO: HEEM) was a pilot training airport in the Cairo suburb of Giza that was closed in 2002,[1] because of safety concerns due to buildings encroaching on airport property. For a number of years, the airport was home to Egyptian Gliding Institute.

A theme park project[2] was approved, and construction began in 2009.[3] The airport is now gone, with the theme park and apartment blocks replacing it.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Al-Ahram Weekly - Imbaba Airport". Archived from the original on 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  2. ↑ "Imbaba gets countryside-themed park and more". Cairobserver. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  3. ↑ Björklund, Per (2009-02-25). "Egypt and beyond: Imbaba Airport: "Once the area is developed, it's going to be for the rich"". Egypt and beyond. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  4. ↑ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-20.

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